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RIVERSIDE HOSP., INC. v. JOHNSON

Record No. 060392.

636 S.E.2d 416 (2006)

RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL, INC., t/a Riverside Regional Medical Center, et al. v. Terry Allan JOHNSON, Executor of the Estate of Elaine Dudley Johnson, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 3, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nora Beth Dorsey; Paul T. Walkinshaw (Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle, on briefs), for appellants.

Avery T. Waterman, Jr. (Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, on brief), for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Jennifer L. Wilson; Joshua D. Silverman; Cantor Arkema, on brief), in support of appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KEENAN, KINSER, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and CARRICO, S.J.

OPINION BY Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.

Terry Allan Johnson, the executor of the estate of Elaine Dudley Johnson (the Estate), filed a motion for judgment against Riverside Regional Medical Center (Riverside) and its employee Nurse Nicole Green1 alleging that the defendants failed to accurately assess Elaine Dudley Johnson's risk of falling and then failed to institute appropriate measures to prevent her from falling. A jury returned a verdict...

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